Artemis network user interface
A.L.C. van Dorp, K.M. van Wijk, J. Spaa · 1996
The FAO office in Rome operates a remote-sensing ground station, ARTEMIS (Africa Real-Time Environmental Monitoring Information System), that provides information - derived from METEOSAT and NCAA data- for regional and national institutions in Africa concerned with early warning for food security. Officers of these institutions receive the information from ARTEMIS routinely. However, for ad-hoc requests and to retransmit images that had not been received properly, the officers often have to send a request to the ARTEMIS operator for a specific ARTEMIS product. Because of the large amount of manual actions to be taken to handle the requests, automation of the request procedure has become necessary. The automation has recentiy been realised by the development of the ARTEMIS NUI (Network User Interface), satisfying the requirements for flexibility, accessibility and shorter response times. Also, the operator workload has decreased. This paper has been presented at the 47th International Astronautical Congress, October 7-11, 1996, Beijng, China.